Northern Michigan University, located in Marquette, Michigan, is a dynamic four-year, public, comprehensive university that has grown its reputation based on its award-winning leadership programs, cutting-edge technology initiatives and nationally recognized academic programs. Northern has a population of about 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Ask a few Northern students what drew them to our university and you will get a variety of answers. That's because there is no single thing that make students want to go to Northern; it is ALL the things that we do here. Northern is big enough to offer a wide variety of academic programs but is also small enough that every time you walk across campus, you'll probably wave "hi" to someone you know.

Curiosity is the raw ingredient of knowledge. It causes us to ask questions, to seek answers, to learn. At Northern Michigan University, natural curiosity and intellectual challenge meet in stimulating classes grounded in the liberal arts. So wherever your curiosity leads you, you can count on the support you need to take the next step, ask the next question, propose the next hypothesis.

The mission of the Northern Michigan University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Recreational Sports and the United States Olympic Training Site is to create an environment that promotes academic excellence, interpersonal growth and social development; embraces diversity; teaches lifetime leisure skills; fosters spirit and tradition; and builds a lifelong connection to NMU.

Yes, you'll attend your classes, but what else will you be doing as a student at Northern? There's so much stuff to choose from. There's a student organization or club – almost 300 at last count-- for just about every interest. If you're into investigating the paranormal, anime or improv comedy, there's a group. Cheer on your fellow Wildcats at a hockey game or volleyball match. Join a competitive club sport or an intramural team. The sky is the limit.

Mission

The Health Promotion Office provides Northern Michigan University students with easy access to key information about a wide range of social, health-related issues to help in their ongoing decision-making processes. In these critical areas of student health and safety, “information is definitely power.” The office makes this valuable information available to students so that they are able to make choices that will give them the best chance for academic achievement and success in life after the college experience.

It provides university students, faculty and staff resources related to alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, sexual assault and dating violence, sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and gambling and gaming. These resources include:

Staff of the Health Promotion Office is available to consult with students, faculty and staff on an individual, confidential basis about concerns that they might have about their own behavior or the behavior of others, and can make referrals to on-campus and off-campus helping resources.

Our Philosophy

The primary mission of the Health Promotion Office is to “work toward a healthier and safer student body.” In support of this mission, it is important that students and other members of the NMU community see the Health Promotion Office providing access to information in a non-judgmental way and see us supporting and empowering individual student choices and personal responsibility.

The NMU Health Promotion Office is located in the Don H. Bottum University Center, rooms 1201-1202, near Radio-X.